Atlas II launch vehicle family
Atlas II was the improved commercial and U.S. government Atlas-Centaur generation developed after the Challenger accident. Its baseline, IIA, and solid-augmented IIAS configurations completed 63 successful flights from 1991 through 2004: ten Atlas II, 23 Atlas IIA, and 30 Atlas IIAS missions for communications, weather, science, and national-security customers.
Identity
- Aliases
- Atlas II seriesAtlas II-Centaur family
- Family Name
- Atlas II
- Full Name
- Atlas II launch vehicle family
- Reusability
- expendable
- Slug
- atlas-ii-family
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
Details
- Description
- Atlas II was the improved commercial and U.S. government Atlas-Centaur generation developed after the Challenger accident. Its baseline, IIA, and solid-augmented IIAS configurations completed 63 successful flights from 1991 through 2004: ten Atlas II, 23 Atlas IIA, and 30 Atlas IIAS missions for communications, weather, science, and national-security customers.
- First Flight Year
- 1,991
- Last Flight Year
- 2,004
- Parent Vehicle Family Id
- nd7xfv37bzyn0m968370zn26td8agje3
- Stages Count
- 2
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- Creation Time
- 7/14/2026, 6:51:33 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/14/2026, 9:16:29 AM